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saddleflap

saddleflap noun: one of a pair of flat pieces of leather that hang down on the sides of a horse saddle, designed to protect the rider's legs and keep horse sweat away from the rider.

Noun

saddleflap (plural saddleflaps)

  1. One of a pair of flat pieces of leather that hang down on the sides of a horse saddle, designed to protect the rider's legs and keep horse sweat away from the rider.
    • They camped that night at Dingo Creek, the fire Jim quickly made,
      Put the Billy on the cross-piece, pitched the tent,
      Brought a steak from 'neath the saddle-flap, and on the "grid" 'twas laid,
      A piece of rusty fencing wire, well bent.1897 October 10, The Truth, Sydney, page 8, column 3

Forms of saddleflap

pluralsaddleflaps
alternative formsaddle-flap
alternative formsaddle flap

Origin of saddleflap

saddle + flap

Questions about saddleflap

What does saddleflap mean?
Saddleflap means one of a pair of flat pieces of leather that hang down on the sides of a horse saddle, designed to protect the rider's legs and keep horse sweat away from the rider.
What part of speech is saddleflap?
Saddleflap is a noun.
What is the plural of saddleflap?
The plural of saddleflap is saddleflaps.

Words near saddleflap in the dictionary

  1. saddled bichirs
  2. saddled sandburrower
  3. saddled seabream
  4. saddled up
  5. saddled with
  6. saddleflap
  7. saddleflaps
  8. saddlehorn
  9. saddlehorns
  10. saddlehorse
  11. saddlehorses

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